Guarding the cotton fields by refining the resilience against sucking pests: use of cutting-edge breeding and other techniques
Abstract In addition to the negative consequences of climate change, sucking pest complexes severely limited cotton yields in the recent past. Although the damage caused by bollworms was much reduced by utilizing Bt cotton, the emergence of sucking pests (such as aphids, thrips, and whiteflies) pose...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cotton Research |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42397-025-00220-6 |
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| Summary: | Abstract In addition to the negative consequences of climate change, sucking pest complexes severely limited cotton yields in the recent past. Although the damage caused by bollworms was much reduced by utilizing Bt cotton, the emergence of sucking pests (such as aphids, thrips, and whiteflies) poses a serious threat to cotton production, as they reduce lint yield by 40% – 60% finally. Additionally, these pests also caused yield losses by spreading viral diseases. Promoting innovative and thorough control methods is necessary to counter the threat posed by these sucking pests. Such initiatives necessitate a multifaceted strategy that combines next-generation breeding technology and pest management techniques to produce novel cotton cultivars that are resistant to sucking pests. The discovery of novel genes and regulatory factors linked to cotton's resistance to sucking pests will be possible by the combination of next-generation breeding technologies and omics approaches and employing those tools on special resistant donors. Continuous research aimed at understanding the genetic basis of insect resistance and improving integrated pest management (IPM) techniques is crucial to the sustainability and resilience of cotton cropping systems. To this end, a sustainable and viable strategy to protect cotton fields from sucking pests is outlined. |
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| ISSN: | 2523-3254 |